‘Resident Evil’ Is Officially Taking Over the World in Massive Box Office Debut

Not only did Zach Cregger‘s critically acclaimed Resident Evilreboot break the franchise’s opening-weekend box office record, but it also outgrossed the lifetime hauls of nearly every previous installment in a single weekend. The new Resident Evil is also the highest-rated installment of the long-running horror franchise by a significant margin, and is all but guaranteed to become the series’ top-grossing entry when the dust settles. The record currently stands at around $60 million domestically and around $310 million worldwide. Cregger is coming off two back-to-back horror hits, the original films Barbarian and Weapons, which grossed approximately $45 million and $270 million worldwide, respectively.